*** The AMD RDNA 4 Rumour Mill ***

[Gerard]

I think it's normal to presume pricing, if they officially said they want market share how else are they getting it ?

A presumption is a hell of a long way from saying "amd specifically said". And what might be aggressive to amd might not match customer expectations. Especially given some of the prices bandied about on here and other forums. If they have a good supply of cards at a decent price it could net them customers, the one thing nvidia don't have right now is cards for sale.

 

[Gerard]

The exact wording of "aggressive pricing" maybe down to interpretation but Jack Huynh is quoted as saying...

So take that as you will.

Still doesn't match what the other poster stated. Which is one reason why people build themselves up and get disappointed. Because rumours always somehow become official statements in the space of a few pages on here for whatever reason.

 

[Murphy]

Still doesn't match what the other poster stated. Which is one reason why people build themselves up and get disappointed. Because rumours always somehow become official statements in the space of a few pages on here for whatever reason.

Why am i not surprised by your equivocation.

 

[terley]

Don't worry about your PSU

https://twitter.com/x/status/1890433222015648073

 

[StarShock]

Official announcement can't come soon enough, put an end to this circular speculation

 

[Gerard]

Why am i not surprised by your equivocation.

Why am I not surprised that people post stuff as fact when the reality was far from the truth? Year in year out on here the same weird pattern, rumour becomes official statement several pages later. Then people get hyped up and ultimately disappointed because "amd said" when in reality they said absolutely nothing of the sort.

 

[Gerard]

Official announcement can't come soon enough, put an end to this circular speculation

Indeed, the delusional hype train is drastically running out of track.

 

[StarShock]

Why am I not surprised that people post stuff as fact when the reality was far from the truth? Year in year out on here the same weird pattern, rumour becomes official statement several pages later. Then people get hyped up and ultimately disappointed because "amd said" when in reality they said absolutely nothing of the sort.

Speculation and rumours are fun. But I do think people get carried away a bit. Until it's official it's not official and everything is subject to change

 

[uscool]

Official announcement can't come soon enough, put an end to this circular speculation

Buckle up for 2 more weeks of leaks / rumours

 

[Blackjack Davy]

Superflower 850 here, pretty sure that will suffice even for the top cards

Mine managed to power my 3090 @ 450W I'm sure it'll be fine for these... assuming you have 3x8pin PCIe connectors mine didn't had to swap for an EVGA that does for my XTX Nitro, also 850W and also SuperFlower under the hood apparently

 

[Craig_d1]

The price for the Sapphire Nitro+ RX 6800 XT at OCUK was 830 GBP inc.

4 years ago was crypto boom..my 3080fe i got for 650 i could have lobbed out £1800+ on ebay at the time...computer shops got in on the act and started driving their prices up also...because they wer also having to pay up to the distributors who where scalping also....scalp fest and us consumers were last in line

 

[Besty]

4 years ago was crypto boom..my 3080fe i got for 650 i could have lobbed out £1800+ on ebay at the time...computer shops got in on the act and started driving their prices up also...because they wer also having to pay up to the distributors who where scalping also....scalp fest and us consumers were last in line

It's a bit of give and take.

As of 2024 Normies don't need a GPU card, you can game nicely off a CPU or Nvidia streaming.

gamers that are on a tight budget are actually in for a great 2025/2026 but in 2024 they never had it so good, the barrier to entry for a top tier experience has never been lower.

I stream now, I couldn't do that during the pandemic, Nvidia were the game changers there so credit where credit is due but I can see AMD and Valve creating the 'Jesus deck' using RDNA 4.0 and disrupting and entire industry.

 

[sunn]

Call me a pessimist, but lets say the cards are good, AMDs MSRP is good, there’s decent stock, there's reasonable demand, surely the distros / retailers will knock the prices up anyway?

 

[gpuerrilla]

I dont think so if all your conditions are true. There's many already bought 7900 stock and the fomo on the 50 series you can already see alert apps repinging stock as its losing momentum. The only way they miss the goal is if AMD price too near nvidia's skus.

 

[Sythe79]

Call me a pessimist, but lets say the cards are good, AMDs MSRP is good, there’s decent stock, there's reasonable demand, surely the distros / retailers will knock the prices up anyway?

The reality is there probably isn't reasonable stock, the bottleneck is everyone using TSMC. If Samsung or Intel could manufacture a reasonable mid-level GPU, prices would be different even if they couldn't compete at the top end.

 

[mahius]

Official announcement can't come soon enough, put an end to this circular speculation

By then, the speculation will move on and continue with 9060/XT and the rumoured 32GB card that won't just be a 32GB version of the 9070XT ...supposedly

 

[MyBrainz]

Indeed, the delusional hype train is drastically running out of track.

You're such a Debbie Downer

Get back on the train theres still a few seats remaining

 

[willeverton]

It was insane seeing 2070s being bought on eBay for 700 quid during peak Covid - or 3060Ti's being bought for almost a grand.

I honestly count my lucky stars I completely fluked my way into a 3070 FE when it released.

I managed to snare a Zotac 3070 OC at launch. I've promised that to my son. If the prices of the 9070 or 9070XT aren't decent, I'll find a 7800XT for myself. Not a huge upgrade from the 3070, but the 16GB vram would be worth it.....

 

[phatboy]

I managed to snare a Zotac 3070 OC at launch. I've promised that to my son. If the prices of the 9070 or 9070XT aren't decent, I'll find a 7800XT for myself. Not a huge upgrade from the 3070, but the 16GB vram would be worth it.....

You might be pleasantly surprised on the 7800. On paper the 6800 was not much faster if at all that the 3060ti. My FE was clocked too and the 6800 absolutely blew it away. NFS unbound for instance went from 35fps to a near solid 75 (my panel is freesync). The 7800xt then is a good deal faster than the 6800 phantom I had last in everyday performance .

It's a absolute belter of a card

 

[ben90]

Why am I not surprised that people post stuff as fact when the reality was far from the truth? Year in year out on here the same weird pattern, rumour becomes official statement several pages later. Then people get hyped up and ultimately disappointed because "amd said" when in reality they said absolutely nothing of the sort.

My apologies sir, I have clearly done a misquote and I didn't mean to upset you so much! Thank you for setting me straight.

Now, on with more speculation!